Do the Right Thing
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.
DistributorUniversal Pictures
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Opening$3,563,535
353 theaters
353 theaters
Release DateJun 30, 1989
Running Time2 hr
GenresComedy
Drama
In Release185 days/26 weeks
Widest Release534 theaters
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| Date | Rank | Weekend | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Avg | To Date | Weekend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30-Jul 2 | 8 | $3,563,535 | - | 353 | - | $10,095 | $3,563,535 | 1 |
| Jul 7-9 | 9 | $2,916,960 | -18.1% | 361 | +8 | $8,080 | $8,848,045 | 2 |
| Jul 14-16 | 10 | $3,017,880 | +3.5% | 498 | +137 | $6,060 | $13,447,106 | 3 |
| Jul 21-23 | 12 | $2,090,610 | -30.7% | 534 | +36 | $3,915 | $16,905,541 | 4 |
| Jul 28-30 | 13 | $1,514,265 | -27.6% | 471 | -63 | $3,215 | $19,418,306 | 5 |
| Aug 4-6 | 15 | $1,064,650 | -29.7% | 398 | -73 | $2,675 | $21,203,891 | 6 |
